This Labor Day I decided to put my kids to work...

sorting socks. They have such a rough life! :)

Addiction? I think not.

So a little while back my husband was having a "choice" day and was being a real jerk. I had to leave to take the girls somewhere and when I came back this is what I found on my kitchen table...



Oodles and oodles of diet pepsi! I was in heaven! I promptly forgave him for whatever he had done (which today I have no idea what it even was!) I set to work drinking my glorious diet pepsi. I just finished the last bottle of it about 3 days ago. I couldn't remember when he had bought all of it so I checked the date on the photo. July 24th...
Hi! My name is Gretchen and I'm a diet pepsi-aholic.

Depeche Mode

Let me start this post by saying that Depeche Mode was my favorite band all through high school. I saw them in concert back in 1994 and had a great time. Well they came to Red Rocks and we saw them again. I bought the tickets the day they went on sale back in March and so I felt like this day was never going to come! I was like a kid waiting for Christmas or my birthday! We went with the Roncos and had a blast! It was amazing. I just felt really, really OLD! They played a bunch of classics. And their new stuff is pretty good, too. It just reminded me of the days I spent as a teenage girl crying in my bedroom to half of these songs. Oh... the good old days!

Walking home

Today, and for the next two days, Megan only has half days of school so they can keep small groups of kids at a time for testing. The weather has been pretty mild around here, mid 70's generally, so I decided today I would walk the mile to the school to pick her up and we could walk home together. A little exercise would be good for both of us, right? Well leave it to Colorado.... I walked to the school and I saw the clouds. I thought we would have plenty of time to get home before the rain came. Wrong. About half-way home it started sprinkling. It really wasn't TOO bad. We didn't get THAT wet. Megan just looked at me and said, "Mom, we can never walk home from school EVER AGAIN!" Little does she know we're walking again tomorrow! Unless, of course, it's raining before I leave. :)

Back on track...

Well, it's been a little while since I have blogged. I miss doing it and I've decided to rededicate my efforts. I guess there were so many things I DIDN'T want to talk about so I avoided this place altogether. So after reading my friend Jennifer's blog she has inspired me to get it together (in more ways than one) and start doing more of what I enjoy doing.
The girls have been back in school now for a week. I can't believe how fast it goes. I know all you moms out there know what I mean. Sidney just started 7th grade and is about to turn 13! She is growing up so fast it's unbelievable. I've been noticing more and more little things she does that shows me that she is really a mature and responsible young woman. As for junior high, all I can say is... so far so good.
Megan is in 6th grade and just turned 11. She is one of the funniest kids I know. She has such a great sense of humor and a great imagination. Just last night we were at Buffy's house for dinner and after we ate she sat and played play dough with Ryan and made herself a tree picture using real leaves from Buffy's back yard and acorns that had fallen on the deck. I love that she still has that KID in her. She's not too cool to play with 5 year olds and do what she thinks is fun.
I'm not quite sure how I ended up with such great kids. All I know is that I am one lucky mom.

It's official

we're boring.

The Decemberists

It's concert time again! Chris and I went on Tuesday to see The Decemberists up in Denver. The concert was amazing. The opening band was really good and The Decemberists were... amazing. I've liked them for a little while now and we've had the tickets since February. They went straight through their new album 'The Hazards of Love" took a little break and came out to play some of their older stuff. They played for almost two hours. Did I mention that they sounded amazing?


Gregg... I have a feeling that if you were a singer this is what you would look like! :)

When we were outside waiting in line to get into the venue we saw Colin Meloy get off the tour bus and go inside the building. Too bad I didn't have my camera ready because he was only about 10 feet away from where we were standing. Oh well...




This is my favorite song from the new album.




Saturday... Neko Case